Bob Mackin
Premier David Eby marked Nov. 20 as the Transgender Day of Remembrance, with a statement sent to media that said “we remember, mourn and honour transgender, gender-diverse, non-binary and Two-Spirit people who have been killed in acts of targeted violence.”
But NDP government communications staff could not tell theBreaker.news how many transgender, gender-diverse, non-binary or Two-Spirit people have been murdered in British Columbia during the last 12 months or historically.
Premier David Eby’s Nov. 20, 2025 statement on Instagram.
Initially, the government communications office responded with a link to Statistics Canada data on police-reported hate crimes in Canada for 2023. That report is based on confirmed and suspected complaints to police. Alleged hate crimes targeting a gender identity or expression increased by 37% to 123 incidents in 2023.
theBreaker.news pressed the government again for evidence to back-up the quote from Eby, who was B.C.’s Attorney General from 2017 to 2022.
It provided none.
Instead, a representative for the Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity sent a statement attributed to Jennifer Blatherwick that said “across the world, transgender and gender diverse people continue to face stigma and discrimination, which puts people at risk for much higher rates of violence, poverty, mental health issues and other complex challenges.”
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